This weekend, 21 George Mason University undergraduate and graduate students, plus two faculty directors, will go to Oxford University for three weeks of summer study arranged by GMU’s Center for Global Education.
What kids are reading
This weekly column will look at lists of books kids are reading in various categories, including grade level, book genre and data from booksellers. The books below, written between 1937 and 1954, were among the works read aloud at The Eagle & Child pub in Oxford, England. All are appropriate for ages 10 to adult.
Books of “high fantasy” by the Inklings
The Chronicles of Narnia by
C.S. Lewis
1. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
2. Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
4. The Silver Chair
5. The Horse and His Boy
6. The Magician’s Nephew
7. The Last Battle
Tales from Middle-Earth by
J.R.R. Tolkien
1. The Hobbit
2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King)
This weekly column will look at lists of books kids are reading in various categories, including grade level, book genre and data from booksellers. The books below, written between 1937 and 1954, were among the works read aloud at The Eagle & Child pub in Oxford, England. All are appropriate for ages 10 to adult.
Books of “high fantasy” by the Inklings
The Chronicles of Narnia by
C.S. Lewis
1. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
2. Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
4. The Silver Chair
5. The Horse and His Boy
6. The Magician’s Nephew
7. The Last Battle
Tales from Middle-Earth by
J.R.R. Tolkien
1. The Hobbit
2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King)
My husband and I have participated in four such programs, and I am struck each time by how disconnected all the mental preparation is from the experience itself. Before classes, students fret about what to wear, what books to bring, what the weather will be like. They make sure their electronics can be adapted to the standard 230V in England, and that they will have Internet access.
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